Carriage body



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OTTO W. S IEBERT, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO 0. W. SIEBERTCOM-.-

PANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS,

A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE BODY.

Application filed July 12,

This invention relates to baby carriages or doll carriages or othersimilar articles of manufacture in which a portion of the article isprovided with a covering of woven fibre reed.

This fibrev reed is an artificial productmade of strips of sheetmaterial such as heavy kraft paper or other material having a strongfibrous nature. The strips are coated with gum or glue and are thentwisted or folded under pressure to form either a round or a flat reedof very considerable strength and durability. Such reed may be readilywoven into a flat fabric suitable for use as a covering for carriagebodies or chairs or other similar articles.

Itis the object of my invention to utilize this woven fibre reed fabricto the greatest advantage in the covering of carriage bodies and otherarticles. In the attainment of this object, I so manipulate the materialit self as to provide a stiffened edge portion which enables me togreatly simplify. the frame structure of the article and to greatlyreduce the cost of manufacture thereof.

My improved construction also provides a pleasing edge finish for thefabric.

My invention further relates'to arrangements and combinations of partswhich will be hereinafter describechand more particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

Preferred forms of the invention are shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 is a plan view of a carriage covering blank of woven fabric having theupper and lower edges stiffened and reinforced in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a Sectional View, taken along the line 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a doll carriage body formed from thematerial shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view, taken along the line 4.-4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail end elevation, lookingin the direction of the arrow 5in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional elevation of a slight modification Fig. 7is a plan view of the carriage body shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified. form of body; and

Fig. 9 is a partial plan view thereof.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown a piece of wovenfibre reed 10 1926. Serial No. 121,772.

carriage. The fabric is first woven ina I 1,636,252 UNITEDLSTATES PATENTOFF suitable loom in the usual manner and is produced in the form of aflat sheet of fabric. From this fiat woven fabric a blank is out whichmay be of the shape shown in Fig.1, and the upper or lower edges or bothare then twice folded upon themselves, as indicated in Fig. 2, to form adouble fold edge 6a The provision of the double folds conceal.

portion for the covering 10.

the raw or unfinishedcut edges of the woven fabric within the fold andand attractive finished edge.

The edge portion thus provided is also of very substantial strength andby providing such an edge portion, I am able to construct,

provides a neat a baby carriage or doll carriage in the fol lowing verysimple and inexpensive manner.

. For this purpose, I provide a carriage bottom. or frame member 12 towhich the lower edge portion of the covering 10 is secured in anyconvenient manner, as b a U-shaped metal binding member 15 for the frontedge portions of the attached covering 10.

tacks or nails 13 (Fig. 3). Preferably I a so provide.

One of these binding members is clamped over each front edge portion ofthe covering 10 after the latte'r'is in place, and may be secured to thebottom member 12 by a nail 16 (Fig. 3).

I also find it desirable to extend one side of the U-shaped member 15 inthe form of an upward projection 17 and to fold this projecting portionover the upper end of the member 15, ecuring it in position by a rivet18 as indicated in Fi 5. Any other suitable construction may he providedfor binding the front edges ofthe covering 10.

The ower edge portion of the fabric may have the double fold indicatedin Figs. 2 and 3, or the lower edge may be left straight and may besecured to the bottom member 12 by nailing a strip of braid or othercovering carriage body at a very greatly reduced expense over theprevious practice of providing a complete body frame to which the fabricwas secured.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown a slightly modified structure in which asheet metal seat or bottom portion 25 is secured between curved woodenframe members 26. The lower edge 27 of the Woven fibre 28 is tacked orotherwise secured to the wooden frame members 26 and the curved edgesare covered and protected by a covering strip 29 which may convenientlybe formed from a piece of heavy reed or semi-circular cross section.

The upper edge of the fabric 28 is provided with the double fold portion30 as in the form previously described. This permits me to construct abody of a different shape from that previously described while at thesame time retaining the simplicity of frame construction and the economyat tained by providing an upper edge portion which is entirelyself-supporting.

Vhile I have shown only a double fold a the edge of the fabric, it maybe desirable to use three or more folds with lighter fabrics. all ofwhich are within the scope of my invention and are intended tobeincluded and covered by the term double fold in the claims. 7' iHaving thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do notwish to be limited to the details of construction herein shown anddescribed, but what I claim is:

1. An article of manufacture having a covering of woven fibre reed andcomprising a frame member and a covering therefor formed from a singlecontinuous sheet of woven fibre reed having one edge portion thereofsecured to said frame member and having an opposite edge portion twicefolded upon itself to conceal the unfinished edge of the fabric and toprovide an entirely self-supporting edge structure effective to retainthe adjacent portion of the covering in desired position.

2. A carriage body having a bottom portion, and a side covering for saidbody formed entirely of a single sheet of woven fibre reed fabricsecured at its lower edge portion to said bottom and having its upperedge supported and stiffened by the double folded integral edge portionof the woven reed fabric itself.

3. A carriage body having a bottom portion, and a side covering portion,said side portion comprising a single continuous'sheet of woven fibrereed fabric with its lower edge firmly secured to said bottom portionand having its upper edge formed solely of said woven reed fabric twicefolded upon.

itself and forming an integral frame element effective in itselftosupport the upper edge portion of the side covering for said body.

f. A carriage body having a'bottom portion, and aside covering portion,said side portion comprising a single continuous sheet of woven fibrereed fabric with its lower edge firmly secured to said bottom portionand having its upper edge twice folded outward upon itself to form afinished and stiffened upper edge efiective in itself to support' theadjacent portions of said side covering in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

OTTO W. SIEBERT.

